Chicken Parmesan Recipe
A quick and tasty chicken recipe! Great with pasta and pasta sauce.
Servings: 4 (approximately)
Equipment
- 1 large frying pan a cast iron pan would work
- 2 pie pans or shallow bowls
- 1 metal cooling rack a plate lined with paper towels works, too
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken tenderloins or boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 1 c Italian bread crumbs
- 1 c shredded parmesan cheese
- 2 large eggs
Spaghetti and marinara
- 1 box spaghetti
- 1 - 32 ounce jar of your favorite jar of marinara sauce
Instructions
- Pound chicken breasts and cut each breast into 2-3 pieces. This step may not be needed if you buy chicken tenderloins or thinly sliced chicken breasts.
- Put eggs in a pie pan or shallow bowl. Beat eggs.
- Add bread crumbs and parmesan cheese to the other pie pan or shallow bowl. Stir to combine.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the eggs and then in the breadcrumb and cheese mixture. Shake off any excess.
- Place the coated chicken pieces on a plate or parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Melt butter in a large frying pan on medium heat.
- Add olive oil to frying pan.
- Add 3-4 pieces of chicken to frying pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Flip pieces of chicken with metal spatula.
- Cook on second side for 3-4 minutes.
- Check that the chicken is done by cutting into a piece of chicken. Chicken should not be pink and juices should run clear. (Internal temperature of 165 degrees)
- Remove from pan to cooling rack of plate.
For the spaghetti and marinara
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Add the spagetti and cook according to the package directions.
- Empty the jar of marinara sauce into a medium saucepan.
- Bring it to a simmer for 3-5 minutes over medium high heat.
Notes
If you'd like to make the chicken extra crispy, you can dredge each piece of chicken in a second round of the egg and breadcrumb mixture.
Another option for extra crispy chicken is to substitute panko bread crumbs or crushed Corn Flakes cereal for the breadcrumbs.
Before you dredge the chicken in the eggs and breadcrumb mixture, put the pot of water for pasta on. Then, the can come to a boil while you coat the chicken pieces. And you can cook the spaghetti while you're cooking the chicken.